The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that administers “A” through “F” scores has been a hospital watchgaurd to more than 2,500 United States hospitals. The organization has give 780 “A” ratings and 16 “F” ratings to hospitals. There has been slow progress in addressing errors, accidents and injuries that hurt patients. Leah Binder, Leapfrog [...]
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A recent Accenture survey found that 93 percent of American docs are now using EMRs, and that 45 percent said they routinely access clinical data from outside their own organization. This poll was inquired the health IT usage of 3,700 physicians in the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Spain, Singapore and Australia. Ninety percent of U.S. physicians [...]
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Payment reform is considered a ‘major priority’ to 82 percent of health plans. According to a recent Availity study, nearly 60 percent forecast that more than half of their business will be supported by value-based payment models in the next five years. Of those, 60 percent are mid-way through implementation. “With such a strong focus [...]
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